What husbands in Northern India know about reproductive health: Correlates of knowledge about pregnancy and maternal and sexual health

Journal of Biosocial Science

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 237-251

  Bloom, Shelah S ^a   Tsui, Amy Ong ^a   Plotkin, Marya ^a   Bassett, Sarah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE; EDUCATION; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HEALTH STATUS; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INDIA; MALE; MARRIAGE; MATERNAL WELFARE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; NORMAL HUMAN; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE;

ASIA; ATTITUDE; BEHAVIOR; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISEASES; FERTILITY; HEALTH; INDIA; INFECTIONS; KNOWLEDGE; MALE ROLE; MATERNAL HEALTH; POPULATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PSYCHOLOGICAL FACTORS; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; REPRODUCTIVE TRACT INFECTIONS; RESEARCH REPORT; SEX BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOUTHERN ASIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INDIA; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MATERNAL WELFARE; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCTION; SEX EDUCATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPOUSES;

EID: 0034064423     PISSN: 00219320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0021932000002376     Document Type: Review

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